Person:Elizabeth Shellenberger (1)

Watchers
Elizabeth R. Shellenberger
 
  1. Susannah R. Shellenberger1832 -
  2. Daniel Shellenberger1835 - 1835
  3. Andrew R. Shellenberger1836 -
  4. Abraham Shellenberger1838 - 1898
  5. Sarah ShellenbergerBet 1841 & 1850 - Bet 1841 & 1850
  6. Elizabeth R. ShellenbergerBet 1841 & 1850 -
  7. Dr. Jacob Shellenberger1841 -
  8. Mary Shellenberger1848 - Bet 1873 & 1878
Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth R. Shellenberger
Married Name Elizabeth R. Mellinger
Gender Female
Birth[1] Bet 1841 and 1850 West Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settlers. (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1903)
    1207-1208.

    The first of the Shellenberger family, Ulrick
    Shellenberger, came to West Hempfield township
    from the southern part of Germany in 1726, and en-
    gaged in farming. Mrs. Elizabeth R. (Shellenber-
    ger) Mellinger was'born in this township, a daugh-
    ter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rohrer) Shellenberger,
    who both died on the old homestead. The father was
    a farmer, and was sixty-seven years of age at the time
    of his death in 1878, and the mother died in 1886,
    aged eighty-one years, both in the faith of the Dunk-
    ard (German Baptist) Church, and their remains
    were interred in the Habecker church cemetery. The
    children born to the imion of Jacob and Elizabeth
    (Rohrer) Shellenberger were, in the order of birth.



    1208



    BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF LANCASTER COUNTY



    as follows : Susannah, still single, and living on the
    old farm; Daniel, deceased; Andrew, a farmer in
    West Hempfield township ; Abra, who died in 1898 ;
    Jacob, a physician in active practice at Germantown ;
    Elizabeth R., widow of Abraham H. Mellinger ;
    Sarah, who died yoi.mg ; and Mary, who was married
    to Amos N. Lehman, and who died in 1878. The
    paternal ancestors, Andrew and Elizabeth (Forry)
    Shellenberger, came from Switzerland, and were
    early settlers in West Hempfield township, where
    they followed farming; the maternal grandparents
    Abraham and Elizabeth (Eby) Rohrer, of Lancaster
    county, both died in Manor township.